(1) LABORATORY. The term defining a facility for the construction or repair of prosthetic devices, dental work, or medical testing exclusively on the written work order of a licensed member of the dental or medical profession and not for the general public.
(2) LAKE OR NATURAL WATERCOURSE (Erosion & Sedimentation Control). The term defining any stream, river, brook, swamp, sound, bay, creek, run, branch, canal, waterway, estuary, and any reservoir, lake or pond, natural or impounded in which sediment may be moved or carried in suspension, and which could be damaged by accumulation of sediment. (3) LAND CLEARING OPERATION (Clear Cutting/Tree Protection). The term defining the process of scraping all materials off the ground and stumps are removed to allow for a conversion of use to non-forestry purposes. (4) LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY (Erosion & Sedimentation Control)(Stormwater Management). The term defining any use of the land by any person in residential, industrial, education, institutional, or commercial development, highway and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation. (5) LANDFILL. A facility for the disposal of solid waste on land in a sanitary manner in accordance with Chapter 130A, Article 9 of the North Carolina General Statutes. For the purposes of Article I Environmental Protection Standards of the Land Development Ordinance, this term also includes a debris landfill for the disposal generated solely from land clearing activities such as stumps and trees and inert material debris such as brick, concrete stone and clean soil, construction material such as lumber, sheet rock, siding, plywood, PVC pipe, glass, metal, insulation brick, concrete, stone, plastic, wiring, but does not including paint, paint cans, shingles, or asphalt. This term does not include a composting facility. See COMPOSTING FACILITY . (6) LANDSCAPE/LANDSCAPING AREA. The term defining any live plant material including but not limited to trees, ground cover, shrubs, vines, bedding plants, and grass set aside and used in spaces void of any impervious surface or building. This term also includes areas left in their natural state after completion of construction. Mulch may be substituted for grass or ground cover as a pervious material, and decorative features, including pavers, walls, fences, and street furniture are permitted with approval by the Town.
(7) LANDSCAPE BUFFER. The term defining an area of landscaping separating two (2) distinct land uses, or a land-use and a public right-of-way, and installed to soften or
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